Nancy Redman is a top-level comedian whose very funny one-woman show, Emergency a la Carte, is an encounter with Death. We learn the comedian’s obligation: Kill or Die.
She jokes to assuage Death, and she’s terrific, with a great sense of the incongruous — joke after joke works: laugh after laugh.
Directed with perfect timing by Austin Pendleton, the show builds to Redman’s impersonation of her grandmother, who has a different voice, and then to a zippy segment of great one-liners, and finally to a warm, rather serious section about the death of a boyfriend at the end. Redman is a mature, first-class, fully developed comedian, and it’s a pleasure to be entertained by someone who has “climbed the ladder,” rather than someone who is a “fast-rising comedian,” as in most of the comedy clubs. Her show will tickle your fancy, your mind and your sensibility. This is a funny lady.
Opened:
November 17, 2012
Ended:
November 17, 2012
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Part of United Solo Theater Festival
Theater Type:
off-off-Broadway
Theater:
Theater Row Studio Theater
Theater Address:
410 West 42nd Street
Running Time:
75 min
Genre:
Solo Comedy
Director:
Austin Pendleton
Review:
Cast:
Nancy Redman
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
November 2012
